scholarly journals Distinguishing between flaring and nonflaring active regions

2020 ◽  
Vol 639 ◽  
pp. A44
Author(s):  
Soumitra Hazra ◽  
Gopal Sardar ◽  
Partha Chowdhury
Keyword(s):  
Active Region ◽  
Magnetic Flux ◽  
Time Evolution ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Learning Algorithm ◽  
Active Regions ◽  
Magnetic Helicity ◽  
Magnetic Parameters ◽  
Solar Eruptions ◽  
Very High

Context. Large-scale solar eruptions significantly affect space weather and damage space-based human infrastructures. It is necessary to predict large-scale solar eruptions; it will enable us to protect the vulnerable infrastructures of our modern society. Aims. We investigate the difference between flaring and nonflaring active regions. We also investigate whether it is possible to forecast a solar flare. Methods. We used photospheric vector magnetogram data from the Solar Dynamic Observatory’s Helioseismic Magnetic Imager to study the time evolution of photospheric magnetic parameters on the solar surface. We built a database of flaring and nonflaring active regions observed on the solar surface from 2010 to 2017. We trained a machine-learning algorithm with the time evolution of these active region parameters. Finally, we estimated the performance obtained from the machine-learning algorithm. Results. The strength of some magnetic parameters such as the total unsigned magnetic flux, the total unsigned magnetic helicity, the total unsigned vertical current, and the total photospheric magnetic energy density in flaring active regions are much higher than those of the non-flaring regions. These magnetic parameters in a flaring active region evolve fast and are complex. We are able to obtain a good forecasting capability with a relatively high value of true skill statistic. We also find that time evolution of the total unsigned magnetic helicity and the total unsigned magnetic flux provides a very high ability of distinguishing flaring and nonflaring active regions. Conclusions. We can distinguish a flaring active region from a nonflaring region with good accuracy. We confirm that there is no single common parameter that can distinguish all flaring active regions from the nonflaring regions. However, the time evolution of the top two magnetic parameters, the total unsigned magnetic flux and the total unsigned magnetic helicity, have a very high distinguishing capability.

scholarly journals The emergence of magnetic flux and its role on the onset of solar dynamic events

2019 ◽  
Vol 377 (2148) ◽  
pp. 20180387 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Archontis ◽  
P. Syntelis
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Flux ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Spatial Scales ◽  
Active Regions ◽  
Short Review ◽  
The Sun ◽  
Flux Emergence ◽  
Dynamic Events ◽  
Solar Eruptions ◽  
Solar Dynamics

A plethora of solar dynamic events, such as the formation of active regions, the emission of jets and the occurrence of eruptions is often associated with the emergence of magnetic flux from the interior of the Sun to the surface and above. Here, we present a short review on the onset, driving and/or triggering of such events by magnetic flux emergence. We briefly describe some key observational examples, theoretical aspects and numerical simulations, towards revealing the mechanisms that govern solar dynamics and activity related to flux emergence. We show that the combination of important physical processes like shearing and reconnection of magnetic fieldlines in emerging flux regions or at their vicinity can power some of the most dynamic phenomena in the Sun on various temporal and spatial scales. Based on previous and recent observational and numerical studies, we highlight that, in most cases, none of these processes alone can drive and also trigger explosive phenomena releasing considerable amount of energy towards the outer solar atmosphere and space, such as flares, jets and large-scale eruptions (e.g. coronal mass ejections). In addition, one has to take into account the physical properties of the emerging field (e.g. strength, amount of flux, relative orientation to neighbouring and pre-existing magnetic fields, etc.) in order to better understand the exact role of magnetic flux emergence on the onset of solar dynamic events. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Solar eruptions and their space weather impact’.

scholarly journals Patterns of active region magnetic field development

1968 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 11-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Bumba ◽  
R. Howard ◽  
M.J. Martres ◽  
I. Soru-Iscovici
Keyword(s):  
Active Region ◽  
Magnetic Flux ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Active Regions ◽  
Activity Cycle ◽  
Background Field ◽  
Field Pattern ◽  
Field Development ◽  
Activity Models ◽  
Gradual Expansion

We discuss some characteristics of the appearance and development of magnetic fields within active regions as well as the large-scale ordering of activity into complexes of activity. It is not possible to separate a study of the evolution of active regions from a study of the model of the activity cycle. Many of the results obtained in the last few years concerning the development of active regions and large-scale activity have not been easily explained within any of the solar activity models. A chronological scheme of the development of a ‘typical’ C- or D-type active region is presented. We point out that the appearance of magnetic flux at the solar surface seems always to be a relatively rapid event, occurring during the course of a day or so. If the region does not receive more magnetic flux to make it a large region or if there is not a resurgence of activity later in its lifetime, the rest of the development is a gradual expansion and mixing of magnetic flux with the surrounding background field pattern.

scholarly journals Differences in the solar cycle variability of simple and complex active regions during 1996–2018

2019 ◽  
Vol 629 ◽  
pp. A45 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Nikbakhsh ◽  
E. I. Tanskanen ◽  
M. J. Käpylä ◽  
T. Hackman
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cycle ◽  
Active Region ◽  
Time Evolution ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Active Regions ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Relative Role ◽  
Activity Band ◽  
Cycle 24

Aims. Our aim is to examine the solar cycle variability of magnetically simple and complex active region. Methods. We studied simple (α and β) and complex (βγ and βγδ) active regions based on the Mount Wilson magnetic classification by applying our newly developed daily approach. We analyzed the daily number of the simple active regions (SARs) and compared that to the abundance of the complex active regions (CARs) over the entire solar cycle 23 and cycle 24 until December 2018. Results. We show that CARs evolve differently over the solar cycle from SARs. The time evolution of SARs and CARs on different hemispheres also shows differences, even though on average their latitudinal distributions are shown to be similar. The time evolution of SARs closely follows that of the sunspot number, and their maximum abundance was observed to occur during the early maximum phase, while that of the CARs was seen roughly two years later. We furthermore found that the peak of CARs was reached before the latitudinal width of the activity band starts to decease. Conclusion. Our results suggest that the active region formation process is a competition between the large-scale dynamo (LSD) and the small-scale dynamo (SSD) near the surface, the former varying cyclically and the latter being independent of the solar cycle. During solar maximum, LSD is dominant, giving a preference to SARs, while during the declining phase the relative role of SSD increases. Therefore, a preference for CARs is seen due to the influence of the SSD on the emerging flux.

Structure and Evolution of an Inter–Active Region Large-scale Magnetic Flux Rope

2021 ◽  
Vol 906 (1) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
Aiying Duan ◽  
Chaowei Jiang ◽  
Peng Zou ◽  
Xueshang Feng ◽  
Jun Cui
Keyword(s):  
Active Region ◽  
Magnetic Flux ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Flux Rope ◽  
Magnetic Flux Rope

scholarly journals TIME EVOLUTION OF CORONAL MAGNETIC HELICITY IN THE FLARING ACTIVE REGION NOAA 10930

2010 ◽  
Vol 720 (2) ◽  
pp. 1102-1107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sung-Hong Park ◽  
Jongchul Chae ◽  
Ju Jing ◽  
Changyi Tan ◽  
Haimin Wang
Keyword(s):  
Active Region ◽  
Time Evolution ◽  
Magnetic Helicity ◽  
Active Region Noaa ◽  
Region Noaa

scholarly journals Dynamic Events in the X-Ray Corona (A Progress Report from the AS&E X-ray Telescope on Skylab)

1974 ◽  
Vol 57 ◽  
pp. 501-504 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. S. Vaiana ◽  
A. S. Krieger ◽  
J. K. Silk ◽  
A. F. Timothy ◽  
R. C. Chase ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Active Region ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Active Regions ◽  
Loop Structure ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Dynamic Events ◽  
Coronal Bright Points ◽  
Coronal Activity ◽  
East Limb ◽  
Coronal Structures

Data obtained by the AS&E X-ray Telescope Experiment during the first Skylab mission have revealed a variety of temporal changes in both the form and brightness of coronal structures. Dynamical changes have been noted in active regions, in large scale coronal structures, and in coronal bright points. The coronal activity accompanying a series of Hα flares and prominence activity between 0800 and 1600 UT on 10 June 1973 in active region 137 (NOAA) at the east limb is shown in Figure 1. It is characterized by increases in the brightness and temperature of active region loops and a dramatic change in the shape and brightness of a loop structure. Figure 2 shows the reconfiguration of an apparent polar crown filament cavity between 1923 UT on 12 June 1973 and 1537 UT on 13 June 1973. A ridge of emitting material which attains a peak brightness at least four times that of the surrounding coronal structures appears within the cavity during the course of the event. Typical X-ray photographs with filters passing relatively soft X-ray wavelengths (3–32, 44–54 Å) show 90 to 100 X-ray bright points (Vaiana et al., 1973). On twelve occasions in the data from the first mission, such bright points were seen to increase in intensity by two orders of magnitude in less than 4 min. Such an event is shown in Figure 3.

scholarly journals Solar and Interplanetary Magnetic Helicity Balance of Active Regions

2005 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 122-123
Author(s):  
Cristina H. Mandrini ◽  
Pascal Démoulin ◽  
Lidia van Driel-Gesztelyi ◽  
Sergio Dasso ◽  
Lucinda M. Green ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Flux ◽  
Differential Rotation ◽  
Active Regions ◽  
Magnetic Helicity ◽  
Constant Current ◽  
Flux Tubes ◽  
Combining Data ◽  
Free Model ◽  
Linear Force ◽  
The One

AbstractWe analyzed the long-term evolution of two active regions (ARs), NOAA 7978 and 8100, from their emergence through their decay using observations from several instruments on board SoHO (MDI, EIT and LASCO) and Yohkoh/SXT. We computed the evolution of the relative coronal magnetic helicity from one central meridian passage to the next, combining data from MDI and SXT with linear force-free models of the coronal magnetic field. Next, we calculated the injection of helicity by photospheric differential rotation using MDI magnetic maps and a mean differential rotation profile. To estimate the depletion of magnetic helicity we counted all the CMEs of which these ARs were the source, and we evaluated their helicity assuming a one to one correspondence with magnetic clouds (MCs) with an average helicity content; this value was computed for a sample of 18 clouds using a cylindrical linear force-free model. Out of our three helicity estimates (variation of coronal magnetic helicity, injection by differential rotation and ejection via CMEs) the one with the largest uncertainty is the amount of helicity ejected via CMEs. However, we determined, by modeling a particular MC using three different approaches in cylindrical geometry (two force-free models and a non force-free model with constant current), that its magnetic helicity content was nearly independent of the model used to fit in situ field observations (Dasso et al. 2003, in preparation). This result justifies our use of the average magnetic helicity value considering only a single MC model. Comparing the three components in the helicity balance (see Table 1), we find that photospheric differential rotation is a minor contributor to the AR magnetic helicity budget. CMEs carry away at least 10 times more helicity than the one differential rotation can provide. Therefore, the magnetic helicity flux needed in the global balance should come from localized photospheric motions that, at least partially, reflect the emergence of twisted flux tubes. Taking into account the magnetic flux in the ARs and the number of turns that a uniformly twisted flux tube should have to survive its rise through the convection zone, we have found that the total helicity carried away in CMEs is approximately equal to the end-to-end helicity of the flux tubes that formed these two ARs. Therefore, we conclude that most of the helicity ejected in CMEs is generated below the photosphere and emerges with the magnetic flux. Extended versions of this work were published in Demoulin et al. (2002, Astronomy & Astrophys. 382, 650) and in Green et al. (2002, Solar Phys. 208, 43), while in Mandrini et al. (2003, Astrophys. & Space Sci., 290, 319) and van Driel-Gesztelyi et al. (2003, Adv. Space Res., 32, 1855) the helicity computations were revised to include the underestimation of magnetic flux density found in MDI data. After this revision, we confirmed our former results.

scholarly journals Large scale magnetic helicity fluxes estimated from MDI magnetic synoptic charts

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (S294) ◽  
pp. 157-158
Author(s):  
Shangbin Yang ◽  
Hongqi Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cycle ◽  
Magnetic Flux ◽  
Solar Disk ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Magnetic Helicity ◽  
Local Correlation ◽  
Solar Cycles ◽  
23Rd Solar Cycle ◽  
Term Evolution

AbstractTo investigate the characteristics of large scale and long term evolution of magnetic helicity with solar cycles, we use the method of Local Correlation Tracking (LCT) to estimate the magnetic helicity evolution over the 23rd solar cycle from 1996 to 2009 by using 795 MDI magnetic synoptic charts. The main results are: the hemispheric helicity rule still holds in general, i.e. the large-scale negative (positive) magnetic helicity dominates the northern (southern) hemisphere. However, the large scale magnetic helicity fluxes show the same sign in both hemispheres around 2001 and 2005. The global, large scale magnetic helicity flux over the solar disk changes from negative value at the beginning of the 23rd solar cycle to positive value at the end of the cycle, which also shows the similar trend from the normalized magnetic flux by using the magnetic flux. The net accumulated magnetic helicity is negative in the period between 1996 and 2009.

scholarly journals Generation and Annihilation of Magnetic Helicity in Active Regions

2005 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 113-116
Author(s):  
K. Kusano
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulations ◽  
Solar Flares ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Inversion Layer ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Active Regions ◽  
Nonlinear Process ◽  
Magnetic Helicity ◽  
Numerical Techniques ◽  
Magnetogram Data

AbstractGeneration and annihilation processes of magnetic helicity in solar coronal active regions are investigated based on the observations and the simulations. We first examined the reliability of the numerical techniques, which enable to measure the magnetic helicity flux through the photosphere based on the magnetogram data. Secondly, in terms of the new technique, we found that magnetic helicities of the both signs are simultaneously injected into active regions. Motivated by this result, finally, we investigated the nonlinear process of the magnetic helicity annihilation, using the three-dimensional numerical simulations. The simulations clearly indicated that the helicity reversal can cause the eruption of large-scale plasmoid through the nonlinear process of the resistive instability growing on the helicity inversion layer. From these studies, we point out that the annihilation of magnetic helicity is a key process for the onset mechanism of solar flares.

scholarly journals Joint Discussion 3 Solar active regions and 3D magnetic structure

2006 ◽  
Vol 2 (14) ◽  
pp. 139-168
Author(s):  
Debi Prasad Choudhary ◽  
Michal Sobotka
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Active Region ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
Active Regions ◽  
Theoretical Modelling ◽  
Solar Chromosphere ◽  
Origin And Evolution ◽  
Solar Active Regions ◽  
The Magnetic Field

AbstractKeeping in view of the modern powerful observing tools, among othersHinode(formerlySOLAR-B),STEREOand Frequency-Agile Solar Radiotelescope, and sophisticated modelling techniques, Joint Discussion 3 during the IAU General Assembly 2006 focused on the properties of magnetic field of solar active regions starting in deep interior of the Sun, from where they buoyantly rise to the coronal heights where the site of most explosive events are located. Intimately related with the active regions, the origin and evolution of the magnetic field of quiet Sun, the large scale chromospheric structures were also the focal point of the Joint Discussion. The theoretical modelling of the generation and dynamics of magnetic field in solar convective zone show that the interaction of the magnetic field with the Coriolis force and helical turbulent convection results in the tilts and twists in the emerging flux. In the photosphere, some of these fluxes appear in sunspots with field strengths up to about 6100 G. Spectro-polarimetric measurements reveal that the line of sight velocities and magnetic field of these locations are found to be uncombed and depend on depth in the atmosphere and exhibit gradients or discontinuities. The inclined magnetic fields beyond penumbra appear as moving magnetic features that do not rise above upper photospheric heights. As the flux rises, the solar chromosphere is the most immediate and intermediary layer where competitive magnetic forces begin to dominate their thermodynamic counterparts. The magnetic field at these heights is now measured using several diagnostic lines such as CaII854.2 nm, HI656.3 nm, and HeI1083.0 nm. The radio observations show that the coronal magnetic field of post flare loops are of the order of 30 G, which might represent the force-free magnetic state of active region in the corona. The temperatures at these coronal heights, derived from the line widths, are in the range from 2.4 to 3.7 million degree. The same line profile measurements indicate the existence of asymmetric flows in the corona. The theoretical extrapolation of photospheric field into coronal heights and their comparison with the observations show that there exists a complex topology with separatrices associated to coronal null points. The interaction of these structures often lead to flares and coronal mass ejections. The current MHD modelling of active region field shows that for coronal mass ejection both local active region magnetic field and global magnetic field due to the surrounding magnetic flux are important. Here, we present an extended summary of the papers presented in Joint Discussion 03 and open questions related to the solar magnetic field that are likely to be the prime issue with the modern observing facilities such asHinodeandSTEREOmissions.

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